From:
Jen Phillips
Date: 2004-06-19 05:11:51 UTC
Subject: Re: [ferrethealth] Re: Swollen vulva
To: ferrethealth@smartgroups.com
Message-Id: <6.1.1.1.2.20040619002905.030b9ec0@mail.hideyhole.org>
I have her CBC results here at home. My vet said that her cell counts were
low (can't remember the term he used), but he seemed concerned. So, if
what he was seeing on her blood work could not have been the Adrenal, it
worries me that there is something else wrong as well.
I have made a chart of her past 2 CBC results. One is from January of this
year, at hear yearly checkup. The second was done at her last visit in
May, when we noticed the beginning of her swollen vulva. She was fasted
for 6 hours for this 2nd test.
If you'd care to look at her results, you can view them
here: http://www.hideyhole.org/fria/friablood.html I really am not sure
what he saw in the 2nd CBC that concerned him, as I know very little about
what you'd be looking for. But something had him concerned with these results.
At 11:43 PM 6/18/2004, you wrote:
>Dr Ruth is right. A swollen vulva may be the only sign of
>adrenal gland disease in some females. A CBC will not
>help with the diagnosis, but it is a good way to check for
>anemia that some cases of adrenal gland disease have!
>Anemia is more common in cases with a swollen vulva.
>If there is a swollen vulva in a spayed female, then it is either
>adrenal or an ovarian remnant causing it.
>Hope that helps,
>Jerry Murray, DVM
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